DOWNLOADS: (2825)

PLAYS: (5487)

Embed

Rick Santorum was well into his speech during a campaign rally in Arlington Heights, Ill., on Friday when two men in the crowd embraced in a rather passionate kiss, prompting a "mic check" and two guards to escort them from the rally.

The crowd reacted with audible screams, gasps and wagging fingers. Another man jumped up and followed the pair out as the audience began chanting "U-S-A" until they left the gym at Christian Liberty Academy where Santorum was speaking.

Santorum, who often expresses his opposition to homosexuality, continued his speech without addressing the incident, prompting cheers from the audience. It wasn't clear whether the two men are gay or simply making a political statement.

"I don't think the message should be about what my sexuality is," one of them told a reporter. "It's the message that [Santorum's] saying about sexuality that matters."

[Hat tip Patch.com]

The Heritage Foundation provides a forum where Rush Limbaugh can kiss "24" actresses.

Boiling Point Blog: "How exactly does one qualify to be a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, anyway? Because my deranged electric-cord chewing cat could really use a job."

OMB Watch: "One wonders what kind of pharmaceuticals the Heritage Foundation is into these days..."

Open Thread below.... And don't forget we've got that fabulous CNN/Myrtle Beach Debate open thread going at the same time....

Salon: Opus Day! An interview with the Berkeley Breathed

Bush has given us a gift: far from not taking himself seriously, he's become the only human being on the planet that thinks he's not just uniquely competent ... but brilliant in his strategic, heavenly inspired prescience as to how the world works. This hilarious -- also arguably homicidal -- self-deception is what makes him a comical figure. Literally, it's as if -- I mean this with the utmost respect for both the office and the man -- my 5-year-old boy Milo was running the free world. Milo believes himself equally as shrewd in spotting who the bad guys are in any movie and declaring the complex strategy to deal with them: "Blast 'em all!"

But there's bad news for satirists. Bush has come full circle: His ridiculousness is approaching the sort of existential absurdity that is untouchable. [..]
Dick Cheney is a different matter. I'd kiss him if I could.

*snicker* No, really. *snort*
Okay, I give up. I can't even believe I had to type that title. I'll let Steve @ Carpetbagger give you the rest:

Townhall's Doug Giles noted in his newest column that when it comes to comedy, "Mr. and Mrs. Conservative, you must bow and kiss the Left's ring. They slay us. You can count on one hand how many conservatives are making a semi-distinct blip on the comedic scene." In the kind of piece one can only find at Townhall, Giles explores why the left is funnier than the right.

Why can't conservatives get their comedic act together? The liberals, on a 24/7 basis, are tossing us soft balls that we should be driving out of the park in a humorous, prime time, way. It's so easy it's stupid. All we have to do is just read the crap that the left does, out loud, and it's hilarious. We don't even have to be that imaginative and try to develop quips, as they provide an endless supply of ammunition. We couldn't make up the stuff they do even if we wanted to - no one on the planet is that creative.

The secular left is an amalgam of mayhem, a veritable Star Wars bar scene, a rogue gallery of freaks, geeks, nuts, sluts, slick politco's and skanky ho's - and we're letting them walk without skewering the living day lights out of them.

What's wrong with us? We've become nicer than Christ.

Um, yeah. This is nice and hilarious. And this is near-Christlike. This is good for some belly laughs. And who could forget this Mother of All Conservative Jokes? That's right, Doug, you wingnuts are damn near walking on water.

Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN) just couldn't keep her hands off President Bush last night.

Download | play Download | play

From ABC 5 Minneapolis:

Newly-elected Congresswoman Michele Bachmann got quite a bit of face time with President Bush after his State of the Union Speech Tuesday night.

While the President was signing autographs for members of Congress after the speech, the sixth-district Republican put her hand on Bush's shoulder. However, it wasn't just a tap. After he signed an autograph for her, Bachmann grabbed the president and did not let go for almost 30 seconds.

After signing the autograph for Bachmann, the president turns away, but Bachmann doesn't let go. In fact, the video shows her reaching out to get a better grip on him.

Bush then leans over to kiss another congresswoman, but Bachmann is still holding on. Bachmann then gets more attention, a kiss and an embrace from the president. A few seconds later, Bachmann's hand finally comes off the presidential shoulder.

Bachmann has quite a thing for Bush, apparently. This press release from her campaigning days reads more like a diary entry for a 12 year old who got to meet her Tiger Beat teen idol:

I have never been in the Presidential limousine before so I was a little unsure what to do when the limousine stopped at the custard stand. I wasn't sure if I should exit with the President or get out of my side of the car. Karl Rove told me I would exit out the door on my side after The President steps out and someone would open the door for me. I could not believe I was discussing what flavor of custard to order with the President of the United States!

Halfway There: You supported our troops...more than I can say for these mommy men

State of the Day: M.L. King's Memorial

The Opinion Mill: The press is still looking for a ring to kiss

Radar Online: What's next for broke-wing war hawk Rummy?

American Prospect Online: Meet the Iran Enterprise Institute...its name might sound familiar

Mad Kane’s Political Madness: Haiku for a former "genius"

Atrios

Conservative ABC News continues to chastize Democrats for things they have no evidence they're doing.

Aside from the absurdity of Halperin's belief that the media are liberal, what's actually more troubling is his belief that if he bends over backwards to kiss the ass of conservatives they'll support him. There's nothing you can do to please conservatives, short of imitating Fox. And Fox already exists...read on

Nice going ABC. Conservatives need to promote that the media is slanted against them at all times or their main talking point evaporates.

He allowed Bush to kiss him on top of the head during the '04 race after he got smeared as bad as a person could be in South Carolina back in 2000, so this doesn't surprise me.

"Press release from Jerry Falwell's Liberty University, March 28, 2006: American military hero and Arizona Sen. John McCain will deliver the Commencement message at Liberty University on May 13, at 9:30 a.m., in the Liberty University Vines Center. While Sen. McCain and Liberty University Chancellor Jerry Falwell have had their share of political differences through the years, the two men share a common respect for each other and have become good friends in their efforts to preserve what they see as common values. This will mark his first ever appearance at Liberty University....read on"

geogia10 has a few questions Russert could ask McCain the next time he's on MTP.

A lot was made over Samuel Alito's wife breaking down in tears yesterday and the reaction by the Freepers was not unexpected. The following day after his wife's anguish, how do you think Alito expressed his sympathy for her at the end of the hearing-which obviously was a grueling ordeal for her?

Download | play -WMP Download | play -QT

I'd figure he would wrap his arms around his wife and give her a reassuring hug to tell her that this was all behind them now. Maybe a kiss on the cheek and then they would file out together amidst the crowd and the cameras. How about even a knowing glance? Nope, Strip-search Sammy turned hurriedly away from his wife without acknowledging her presence and bolted for the door as fast as he could leaving her behind in his wake. Was it a possible indication that she was in her proper place after all?

Church Of England Idiocy The Brutal Truth